Marina Kosmopoulou

CAMHS Assistant Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2026-04 – Present)

Trainee CBT Therapist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2023-11 – 2026-03)

I have completed the first year of the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Severe Mental Health Problems course in University College London and I was awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in CBT for Severe Mental Health Problems. I was working for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust as a Trainee CBT Therapist. As part of my training, I was working in Croydon South CMHT where I had sessions with clients working with the CBT model.

Home Treatment Team Practitioner- Psychology Graduate at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2021-09 – 2023-10)

My main duty is to co-facilitate the weekly online psychology group with the Clinical Psychologist based on CBT and DBT principles.

• To provide rapid, crisis assessments for clients in a mental health crisis to ensure the right intervention is provided at the right time for service users presenting with mental health diagnoses and any co morbid conditions
• In addition, to support early discharge from the inpatient wards
• To deliver a range of effective, service user-centred interventions aimed at crisis resolution and promoting recovery
• Supporting service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care
• To undertake thorough risk assessment of all service users in line with policy standards to manage risk safely and effectively
• To undertake the safe and effective discharge of patients and ensure the smooth transition of care from HTT to other services
• To provide relevant support to carers and families in relation to their rights as carers and actively support their involvement in the care of the service user

Assistant Neuropsychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2022-11 – 2023-04)

• To arrange, schedule and provide neuropsychological assessments for clients in the Croydon Memory Service under the close training and supervision of a practitioner psychologist
• Under the close training and supervision of a practitioner psychologist, to adhere to protocols for scoring these assessments and subjecting test scores to standardised norms in order to determine individual performance profiles
• To prepare clinical reports under the training and supervision of a practitioner psychologist
• To provide protocol based psychological interventions for clients as prescribed for individuals or groups under the training and supervision of a practitioner psychologist
• To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials
• To act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service
• To participate in demonstrating work methods to newly recruited Assistant Psychologists and to support their development of necessary competencies and skills
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations or published articles
• To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes
• To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence-based practice
• Under guidance to conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision

Associate Psychological Practitioner at Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2022-04 – 2023-11)

The role of the Associate Psychological Practitioner involved supporting the delivery of psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychological practitioner. After attending Dialectical Behaviour Therapy training, I co-facilitated the DBT Skills group which lasted 13 weeks and I also supported on a one-to-one basis with DBT skills clients that couldn't attend a group setting. I used psychologically informed evidence-based interventions to clients under the supervision of an experienced psychological therapist.

I used to assess (using the Dialog framework), plan, organise, review and deliver recovery oriented and evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of service users, as agreed with the psychological therapist.

Assistant Practitioner / Care Coordinator at West London NHS Trust

• To work within the planned care pathways in a community Recovery Team with service users and mental health professionals to develop person centred care plans, be responsible for the coordination of these plans and ensure that services are delivered as described in the care plan
• To work with a designated group of service user delegated by the Team Manager/Senior Practitioner, to encourage service users to be autonomous and enable them to make choices that will positively impact their quality of life
• To be guided by the multi-disciplinary team, working under the supervision of a registered mental health professional but where appropriate to practice autonomously

Deputy Manager at St Mungo's

• Assisting the manager in always ensuring the smooth daily running of the service and deputizing in her absence for all matters relating to the management of the service
• The line management of allocated staff
• Taking a lead for defined areas of work within the project
• Helping clients to identify their personal aims and ambitions and supporting them to make and carry out plans towards achieving them
• Ensuring practical and personal support, including personal care, is effectively provided to clients
• Ensuring the client can identify and access relevant services
• Liaising with other statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure the appropriate support for clients
• Working as part of a team responsible for the day-to-day management of the care home, to provide a high quality, safe place to live
• Undertaking a range of procedural and administrative tasks relating to client work, housing management and health and safety, in line with St Mungo's policies and procedures, and in compliance with legal requirements
• Demonstrating how the Home is 'well led' by having a full understanding of the CQC's Fundamental Standards and KLOE's, and having systems in place that embed these standards into the care home and empower front line workers to take ownership of the standards

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (2017-09 – 2018-02)

Training to work therapeutically with people with common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety; offering guided self-help based on CBT approach. Meanwhile, attending the University of Surrey on the Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Psychological Wellbeing.

Trainee Psychologist at A' Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Support Centre In order to graduate from my undergraduate studies, I had to complete an internship. My supervisor was a psychologist and psychotherapist working in a special needs secondary school where my first placement.

Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Severe Mental Health Problems – UCL (2025)

Master of Science in Foundations in Clinical Psychology and Health Services – Goldsmiths College, University of London (2014)

Bachelor's (Honours) in Psychology – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2011)